Mixed results as Tigers take on Pacific Northwest
Jack RogersAfter suffering a two-game skid before Thanksgiving, the women’s basketball team saw mixed results this weekend in Oregon.
After suffering a two-game skid before Thanksgiving, the women’s basketball team saw mixed results this weekend in Oregon.
With 71-66 and 66-53 wins over George Mason and Bucknell, respectively, overThanksgiving break, the men’s basketball team has opened their season with a 5-1 mark for the first time since current head coach Mitch Henderson ’98's team did so duringHenderson’s senior season. The Tigers have now won five in a row over PatriotLeague schools and seven of the last eight, with their last loss coming in Novemberof 2011 at Bucknell (3-4).Senior guard T.J.
The men’s basketball team defeated George Mason 71-66 Tuesday night at Jadwin Gym in a rollercoaster ride of a game. Princeton (4-1) dominated the first half, ending it on an 11-1 run in the last 2:24 to take a 40-23 lead into the locker room.
Men’s basketball: Princeton looking to extend winning streakThe men’s basketball team will try to win its third straight game of the season Tuesday night when it takes on George Mason in Jadwin Gymnasium.
Megan Curham arrived at the NCAA Cross Country Championships last weekend looking for a fight. Refusing to be intimidated by the talent-loaded field, Curham gamely stuck her nose in with the top women in the country — and prevailed. Capping off an outstanding collegiate debut cross country season, Curham drove hard to a 34th place finish and All-America honors.
Junior quarterback Quinn Epperly earned six Ivy League Offensive Player of the Week awards this season and was even named The Sports Network National Offensive Player of the Week after the football team’s 51-48 victory over Harvard.
The No. 3 men’s squash team opened up its season this weekend with an away game against No.
With 10 minutes to go against No. 4 Quinnipiac, the men’s hockey team was about to face a long drive home from Hamden, Conn.
The No. 18 men's water polo team reached the finals of the CWPA Championship after wild wins over No.
The men’s basketball team went on several long runs and showed off its three-point shooting ability to defeat Rice 70-56 in Houston on Saturday afternoon. Despite trailing 23-21 more than halfway through the first half, Princeton (3-1) finished the period on a 15-2 run and entered halftime leading 36-25.
Women’s basketball: Hoyas top Tigers with last-second heroics The Tigers fell to Georgetown 66-64 on a Hoya basket with three seconds left, bringing Princeton to 2-2 on the year despite a second-half comeback.
An online student petition asking the Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Students to include the football team’s captains in decisions regarding Sunday’s bonfire has received 430 signatures as of Sunday afternoon.
The No. 19 football team's Ivy League championship season came to a disappointing end on Saturday, when the Tigers suffered their only Ivy League defeat of the season.
The No. 19 football team has already clinched a share of the Ivy League title, but need to beat a tough Dartmouth team in order to win the title outright and have their first undefeated Ivy season since 1964.
This Saturday, the women's basketball team is on the road again, heading to Georgetown for its second away game in a row.
The men’s basketball team heads to Houston on Saturday to take on Rice in its fourth game of the season.
The Dartmouth Big Green is all that stands between the No. 19 football team and its first outright Ivy League championship since 1995. The Tigers (8-1 overall, 6-0 Ivy League) clinched a share of the title last week with their victory over Yale.
On Tuesday night, the women’s basketball team played at Rider and came away with a 75-62 victory, its second-straight win, bringing its record to 2-1 overall. The team played well in its season-opener against Rutgers but couldn’t fill the offensive hole left by last year’s seniors, especially Niveen Rasheed ‘13, and the Tigers dropped the game 79-65.